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Issue: Witchcraft #1 Public Domain
Publication Date: March 1952
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Issues: #1 of 6 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating:
Publisher: FlagAvon
Brand:
Indicia Publisher: Avon Periodicals Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.10 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 7 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sol Cohen
Disclose Notes: WITCHCRAFT. March-April, 1952. Vol. 1, No. 1. Published bi-monthly by AVON PERIODICALS, Inc., 575 Madison Ave., New York 22, N. Y.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color
Dimensions:  
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, occult
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
Previous indexer Nick Caputo suggested Bernard Baily? for pencils and inks.
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[untitled]

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
First Line: Beauty is only skin deep...
Synopsis: Signed "SC" on bow of boat at lower left of page.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Includes illustrations and summaries of the main stories in this issue.
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Heritage of Horror! [The Art of Julian Daniels!]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Julian Daniels; Jack Clayton; Vivian Clayton
First Line: "Beauty is only skin deep," they say...
Synopsis: Weird events occur when Julian Daniels puts brush to canvas.
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Mysteries #18 published January 1964
as Heritage of Horror! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagBuried Treasure #1 published April 1990
as Heritage of Horror! [The Art of Julian Daniels!] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagThe Joe Kubert Archives #1 published December 2012
as Heritage of Horror! [The Art of Julian Daniels!] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: The primary story title appears in the table of contents and as a banner over the splash page. The secondary title appears in the introductory paragraph on the splash page.
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Devil-Music!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?; typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Mme. Santoro; Helen Crane; Joan Hollis; Mammon (aka The Devil); Philip (dies)
First Line: Sometimes evil lies sleeping around us...
Synopsis: A beautiful young singer discovers what brings evil to life.
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Mysteries #18 published January 1964
as Devil-Music! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Only the identifications of the three main female characters appear to be hand-written.
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This Ship Is Doomed!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Ned Carse; Nina Farl; Dr. Barton; Captain Farl
First Line: You must die!
Synopsis: The Indies Queen and its passengers were destined for disaster.
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Mysteries #18 published January 1964
as This Ship Is Doomed! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Art identification by Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.
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Demon's Bargain!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Feature(s): The Story Behind the Cover
Character(s): Professor Sylvester Duff; Mabel Smith
First Line: Let me tell you that it does not pay...
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Mysteries #18 published January 1964
as Demon's Bargain! [Text Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The story behind the cover includes a small, recoloured reproduction of the cover art. This was formerly credited to Bernard Baily ?, but later correctly revised to George Roussos.
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Vengeance of the Ouanga!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset (Leroy lettering)
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Character(s): Bob Grant
First Line: Bob Grant was a New York newspaper reporter!
Synopsis: Bob Grant carried a dead killer's good luck charm - the bones of a hand and arm - which leads to terror.
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In Content Item: FlagStrange Mysteries #18 published January 1964
as Vengeance of the Ouanga! [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 5

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